Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology
The Making of Anthropology's 'American Indian': Ales Hrdlicka's Anthropometry
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
Ann Kakaliouras
Whittier College

DATE: April 21, 2016
TIME: 5:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Salomon Center, Room 001, Brown University
75 Waterman Street, Providence

Smithsonian Museum researcher and Father of Physical Anthropology in America, Ales Hrdlicka, staked his professional life on the accuracy and reliability of anthropometry, the metrical and qualitative study of the human body.
In this talk, Ann M. Kakaliouras (Whittier College) discusses her current book project on knowledge production in the history of physical anthropology, and situates Hrdlicka and his work at the center of Anthropology's involvement with land allotment and enrollment policies on Native American reservations during the early 20th century. Hrdlicka's practices, along with those of his contemporaries, helped to create wider anthropological notions about Native authenticity, influencing the research directions of physical anthropologists and archaeologists alike.  Sponsored by the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.
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